LG GD910 review: Tick-tock, tick-tock...
Gsmarena have posted a review of the LG GD910. Here are the phone\s key features, main disadvantages and final impression.
Key features:
- Wristwatch form factor with a leather strap
- Water splash resistant (we're still raising the 900 euro needed to test it)
- 1.43" capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels
- Comes with a Bluetooth headset
- Excellent sunlight legibility
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- 3G with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and video-calling
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- 2GB onboard storage
- Video call camera capable of making photos in VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution
- Flash UI, optimized for finger usage
- Text-to-speech enabled (no Klingon support as of yet)
- Voice commands
- Flight mode
Main disadvantages:
- See water resistance above
- Bulkier than even a large watch
- No way to expand the built-in memory
- Display colors and contrast are pretty washed out even in the dark
- UI is somewhat slow at times
- No FM radio
- Trekkies would rather go for a lapel phone
All right then, we just tested a wristwatch phone. We walked around wearing it and no, we weren't beamed up to the mothership for some terrible experiments. No seriously, we showed it to some of our civilian friends and they were largely unimpressed. The mere mentioning of the price tag (starting at 900 euro with a contract at Orange France) managed to garner some respect for the LG watchphone but we kinda sensed the unspoken what the *bleep* attitude.
Whether you asked for it or not, the watchphone is here. Whether they did it just because they can or it fits some long-term plans, the LG GD910 will certainly get much publicity, at least for a while. It's probably the first watchphone to safely make it beyond the concept stage especially now that Orange announced they're already selling it. It's still even less than a niche product but will perhaps make more sales than all of its predecessors combined.
The price tag will sure drag it down though and so will the inevitable compromises of a new design. Not to mention the total lack of value for money. But who knows maybe enough people won't care they're getting 50 euro worth of phone features as long as they're getting 900 euro worth of class leading eccentricity.
If you're desperate to get a watchphone, the LG GD910 is pretty much the only option at the moment if we don't count the cheap Chinese Dual SIM solutions. LG are free to charge whatever they want for it anyway but it helps when people's purchasing judgment is clouded by the lack of competition. Well, the free ride is nearing its end as the Samsung S9110 is about to hit the shelves. And by the way, that means we need to be saving some wit for later.
So it goes, the LG GD910 is not the best phone and it sure would've helped if it looked a nicer watch. But it might turn to have potential. It's probably not too farfetched to even envision a sporty outdoor version - you know, taking your morning jog or weekend hike with your favorite music and without missing your calls. That sort of things and manufacturers can be quite creative really. After all there used to be pen phones well before there was Bluetooth, so we guess we might be seeing more wristwatch than we care to expect.
Key features:
- Wristwatch form factor with a leather strap
- Water splash resistant (we're still raising the 900 euro needed to test it)
- 1.43" capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels
- Comes with a Bluetooth headset
- Excellent sunlight legibility
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
- 3G with 7.2Mbps HSDPA and video-calling
- Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP
- 2GB onboard storage
- Video call camera capable of making photos in VGA (640 x 480 pixels) resolution
- Flash UI, optimized for finger usage
- Text-to-speech enabled (no Klingon support as of yet)
- Voice commands
- Flight mode
Main disadvantages:
- See water resistance above
- Bulkier than even a large watch
- No way to expand the built-in memory
- Display colors and contrast are pretty washed out even in the dark
- UI is somewhat slow at times
- No FM radio
- Trekkies would rather go for a lapel phone
All right then, we just tested a wristwatch phone. We walked around wearing it and no, we weren't beamed up to the mothership for some terrible experiments. No seriously, we showed it to some of our civilian friends and they were largely unimpressed. The mere mentioning of the price tag (starting at 900 euro with a contract at Orange France) managed to garner some respect for the LG watchphone but we kinda sensed the unspoken what the *bleep* attitude.
Whether you asked for it or not, the watchphone is here. Whether they did it just because they can or it fits some long-term plans, the LG GD910 will certainly get much publicity, at least for a while. It's probably the first watchphone to safely make it beyond the concept stage especially now that Orange announced they're already selling it. It's still even less than a niche product but will perhaps make more sales than all of its predecessors combined.
The price tag will sure drag it down though and so will the inevitable compromises of a new design. Not to mention the total lack of value for money. But who knows maybe enough people won't care they're getting 50 euro worth of phone features as long as they're getting 900 euro worth of class leading eccentricity.
If you're desperate to get a watchphone, the LG GD910 is pretty much the only option at the moment if we don't count the cheap Chinese Dual SIM solutions. LG are free to charge whatever they want for it anyway but it helps when people's purchasing judgment is clouded by the lack of competition. Well, the free ride is nearing its end as the Samsung S9110 is about to hit the shelves. And by the way, that means we need to be saving some wit for later.
So it goes, the LG GD910 is not the best phone and it sure would've helped if it looked a nicer watch. But it might turn to have potential. It's probably not too farfetched to even envision a sporty outdoor version - you know, taking your morning jog or weekend hike with your favorite music and without missing your calls. That sort of things and manufacturers can be quite creative really. After all there used to be pen phones well before there was Bluetooth, so we guess we might be seeing more wristwatch than we care to expect.
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